Bush Fire Subsidies New Legislation Being Considered
Legislation to provide an alternative method of contribution to councils for the purchase and maintenance of bush fire fighting equipment…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
154 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 8
Councils Want Bush Fire Legislation
'We have once again been most fortunate that the weather, except for the Xmas Season, has kept bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aged Stuart Town Pensioner Burned to Death in Hut Fire
AN old-age pensioner was burned to death on Friday night last in a fire which destroyed a hut at Ginger Creek, about four miles from Stuart Town. The charred remains of the deceased. James Home, of Stuart Town,…
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"We have once again been most fortunate that the weather, except for the Xmas season, has kept bush fires to a minimum. But we…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Gang Fi[?] Bush Fire at Tra[?]e
Migrants from [?]via, the ti[?]ine and Poland did a good [?]b in confining a fire to shout [?] acres a couple of miles from Trangie…
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Walter Sayers, rabbiter, was fined £3 at Orange Court yesterday by Mr. H. G. Cobley, S.M., when convicted on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pensioner Incinerated in Hut Fire
An 81-year-old pensioner of Stuart Town was burnt to death when his but was razed by fire on Saturday morning. He was James Home (81) of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Call to Carbonising Works
In the early hours of Saturday morning Dubbo Fire Brigade received a call from the wool Carbonising Works at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Dundas Park Damage To Palm Trees
Early on Saturday night the fire brigade was called to the south-eastern corner of Dundas Park, where a grass fire was burning…
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On Friday last a bush fire occurred on "Mani," the property of Mr. Cullen Ward, of Cumnock. However, the fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Engineering Works
Richards Egineering Works, Macquarie Street, sustained slight damage when fire broke out in part of the…
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Last Thursday night, at 12.15 a.m., the Coonamble Fire Brigade was called to attend a fire which had…
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Albert Charles Edwards a native of Gilgandra, pleaded guilty to illegally using a lorry at Molong recently. He drove…
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A fire in a 65 ton stack of wood at the home of Mr. Bert Owers, at 3 Luke Street, in the early hours of Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Goods Yards
A Railway truck at Dubbo Goods Yard was severely damaged by fire early on Sunday, morning…
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Damage amounting to £500 was caused when a store shed at the rear or Mr. II. Fowler's pharmacy in Summer…
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When Narromine railway officers went to unload a truck of miscellaneous goods this morning it was found that the contents had been damaged…
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A fire broke out on Monday at "Glenfield," the property of Mr.. Milo Bourke The local fire fighters were soon on the job under the…
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The Gilgandra Aero Club has entered into an agreement with the Forestry Commission to make their aircraft available for fire…
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